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James Barber

About Me

RECORDS I'VE PRODUCED: Andy Zipf - mixing now / The Young Offenders Institute - "Acid Man"/"Mancunian Psycho" single on The New Black / Milburn - "Send in the Boys"/"17" single on Free Construction/Mercury Records / Family Force 5 - Business in Front....Party in the Back out early 2007 on Gotee / Taylor Sorensen & the Trigger Code - new album in production now / Ryan Adams - ROCKNROLL / Courtney Love - America's Sweetheart / OTHER BANDS I'VE PRODUCED: Matthew Genovese, The Tom Collins & Black Lab A&R PROJECTS: Hole, Guns N' Roses, Aimee Mann, Girls Against Boys, Lisa Loeb & Black Lab ARTISTS I'VE MANAGED: drivin n cryin, Adam Schmitt, Dumptruck & Christmas MyGen Profile Generator

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/05/2005
Band Website: http://www.recklesscountrysoul.com
Band Members: It's not a band -- it's a record producer.
Influences: Andy Johns, Guy Stevens, Andrew Loog Oldham, William Eggleston, Dav Pilkey
Sounds Like: Porter Wagoner fronting the Motor City 5.
Record Label: What's a record label?

My Blog

The Genius of Music Mike


Posted by on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 13:08:00 GMT

Words for $$$

GOOD Magazine issue #3 is out this week.They paid me for this.
Posted by on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:40:00 GMT

RIP

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Posted by on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 05:21:00 GMT

Rockin Good News

I no longer live in the most infamous house on my street.Thank you, Trashy Lingerie Lady.And, yeah, the neighbors deeply hate the display. Especially this year, since they moved the blow-up snow globe...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:27:00 GMT

RIP Randy Kaye

(randy's the one on the right, pleasant gehman's on the left. jenny lens took the photo in 1977)Randy Kaye died on Friday here in LA.Randy never apologized for the music he liked (or didn't like). The...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 22:27:00 GMT

Scott Speaks!

Scott Walker divides the room: either he's a Godlike Genius or you can't even begin to comprehend what he's on about.I agree with Julian Cope on the GG thing. Anyone who uses a side of pork as a percu...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:24:00 GMT

Result!

Milburn's "Send in the Boys" debuts at 22 this week on the UK chart, a titanic result in the face of limited radio play and zero press. It's my first Top 25 single as a producer."What You Could Have W...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Apr 2006 12:35:00 GMT

Words Fail.

This video changes everything.
Posted by on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:14:00 GMT

Milburn.

Milburn made this. I produced it. It comes out 27 March on 45 and CD.
Posted by on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 09:31:00 GMT

Target Wants You Drugged and Incarcerated

Well, at least some of you. VS. More from the "Within the Context of No Context" Dept.: Everyone I know who won't shop at the Wal-Mart seems to have no trouble with Target. They hire talent...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Feb 2006 19:22:00 GMT